Vegetation, snow, and ice destroyer



Jan.l 8, 1929. A

1,698,196 ,E. G. LAN-G VEGETATION, SNOW, AND ICE DESTROYER Filed Dec. 1925 2 sheets-shan 1 Jan. .8, 1929.

E. G. LANG :VEGETATIONl SNOW, AND ICE DESTROYER Filed Dec. 28, 1925 @Sheets-Shut 2 IZA' Zalm/g t ttowrup,

Patented Jan.A 8, 1929.

` 4UNITEDsp'ixras "PATENT o EDWARD GUS LANG, 0F FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

FFICE 1 VEGETATION, SNOW', AND` ICE DESTROYER.

Application led December 28,1925. Serial No. 77,961.

" burners will be directed to the vegetation in such a way that the growth of the vegetation will be prevented.

vA further object ofthe invention is to providea device of this character which will operate efficiently as a snow and ice remover thereby eliminating the use of plows of the like, forremoving the snow and ice from tracks or streets. v

A still further objectr of the invention is to provide a deviceof this character which may be readily and easily installed on a car, obviating the necessity of making extensive alterations in the Acar structure to mount the same. u

With the foregoing and other objects v:in view which will appear as `the ydescription proceeds, vthe invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed,'it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a sectional view through a device constructed in accordance with the invention, and showing the device as mounted on a flat car. .l

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional View taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 8 is a vertical sectional View taken on line 33 of Figure l.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 4-11 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the reference character 5 indicates a flat car on which the device forming the subject matter of 'this invention is positioned, The device embodies burner chambers 6 an'd 7 respectively which are arranged at opposite ends of the car and adapted to supply the the' flat head. 8 with heated air, the head 8 being in communication with both burner chambers.

In view of the fact that the burner chambers areidentical, at both ends of the car 5, only one` of the burner chambers will be de scribed in detail. Each burner chamber is preferably rectangular in formation, how-A ever it isto be understod that the shape and size ofthe burner chambers may bevaried to meet various requirements of usage.

`The reference character 9 indicates the outer wa'll of a burner chamber whichis lined with a suitable heat insulating ma'- terial indicated `at 10, material being positioned on the wall 11 forming the upper wall of the air chamber 12. The wall 13y is the upperwall Vofthe burner chamber proper while the reference character 14 indicates the bottom wall thereof. The wall 14er bottom of the burner chamber tioned, therebyy ,providing any air space 115 which communicates with the, atmosphere, through the opening;` 16 arranged in the front wall 17 vend that air may pass through thev space 15.

A pipe indicated at 18 communicates with :chamber proper the interior of the burner and is supplied with a damper 19 which may bey operated to cut oif Athe from the burner chamber. communicates with the gases and carried off. y The walls of the burner chambers are constructed preferably of nre brick and as shown, the'inner side walls which are indicated vat 20 are arranged in siaced relation with the outer walls to provi e air passageways 21 that arel in communication with the upper passageway V12 formed between the upper wall 11 and wall 13.

This pipe 18 the atmosphere so that products of combustion may be Arranged withinV the burner chambers areY walls 25 and 26 respectively, the walls 25 terminating in spaced relation with the wall 13, whilethe wall 26 terminates in spaced relation with the bottom wall 14, thereby causing the heat and products of combus- Y A i tion to take an irregular .path through the burner lchambers to insure the air 'passing through the airpassageways.

p Vertical tubes indicated at 27 are embedded inthe walls 25 and 26and have their ends terminatingk adjacent to the upper and heating of the the heat insulating,"

isv arranged in spaced relation withV car on ywhich the device is posi- Y of the burner chamber, to the i passage of air loo i IUD ' passage of 'the burner chamber.

In each burner chamber is a burner 28 of the liquid or gaseous fuel type which is `employed for heating the burnerl chambers.`

Communicating with the various passageways of the burner chamber is a fan casing 29 in` which the fan 30 operates, Awhich fan is operated by means of t e gears 3l and 32 which in turn are rotated by means of the shaft 33. i

A damper indicated at 34 controls the gas and fumes from the burner, into the fan chamber, and it will be obvious that by 'moving the damper 34, the passage of the fumes may be either admitted to the fanchamb'er VOr the pipe 1S. A pipe indicated at 35 establishes communication between the fan casing and head`8 with the, result that the air drawn into theffan casing by the fan 30 will be forced into the head to .accomplish the purpose of the invention.

The head is elongated and substantially wide as the road bed over which it moves,- theflower wall thereof being provided with openings 36 through which the usual heated air may pass to contact with the weeds, grass or other vegetation growing along'the track,`

to Scorch and destroy the same.

VFrom the foregoing it will be obvious that due to this construction, heatedair may be passed through the head to contact with the vegetation, the direct blazes from the burners, being housed in suoli a way as to heat the air which is directed tothe vegetation on lthe track, eliminating the necessity of subjecting the ties, rails and rolling stock on the tracks, to the'direct blazes and flames from the burners.

1. A device for burning vegetation along arailway track, including a wheel supported platform, a furnace at each end of the platform, each furnace including a casing, and

a lining, he lining embodying side walls and a bottom, the bottom being spaced from the.-

bottom of the casing and defining `a lower passageway with the bottom of the casing, the passageway being open to theatmosphere at one end thereof, a partitioning wall spaced from the top of the lining and dening an upper passageway, said passageways extending throughout the length of the casing, vertical tubes establishing communication between the passageways and dis.-V

platform, a. furnaceV including a casing, a

lining in the casing, the bottom of the lining being spaced from the bottom of the casing and deiining a lower passageway open to the atn'iosphere at one of its ends, a partition within the lining spaced from the top of the lining and defining an upper passageway, a plurality of rows of verticall pipes extending through the partition and bottom of the lining and establishing communication between the passageways, the rows of pipes being arranged inspaced relation with `each other, vertical walls within the lining and extending upwardly from the bottom thereof and in which the lower ends of the pipes of certain rows are embedded, a wall excioY tending from the partition and coveringV portions of the pipes of a row of pipesbetween .the last mentionedl rows of pipes, a burner in one end of the furnace forV supplying heat to the furnace within the lining, the walls within the lining causing thefproducts of combustion to, take a zig-zag course,

means for drawing heated air through the furnace, anda nozzle for receiving heated air from the furnace. 'l In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, Ihave hereto affixed my signature.

EDWARD GUS LANG. 

